Been really looking forward to arriving in Sanur as we meet up with my husband this afternoon - he's just spent 10 nights away with 3 mates on a surf trip to Rote Island in Timor. They fly back to Denpasar at about 2pm.
After breakfast at Puri Cendana we lay around the pool until checkout time. I asked the fellow on reception to organize some transport for us to Sanur then we we are off to our next destination.
Turning off the main drag of Jl Danau Tamblingan, we drive down a driveway towards our hotel. La Taverna is old world charm. This small family run hotel was one of the first hotels to open in Bali. The architecture I guess is mediterranean with touches of Balinese. Bougainvillea spills down the salmon coloured archway leading into the hotel.
Massive frangipani trees in all different colors & the biggest avocado tree I've ever seen. The kids loved the cute little squirrels that jumped through the trees.
Our family room was in a block of 2, ours being the one upstairs. On the balcony is a lovely big day bed then it's through the little double wooden doors into the main room - duck your head if you are tall!
The pebble floors & bagged cement walls with lots of dimly lit lamps make this room so cosy.
Through another set of double doors, this time even smaller and you're in the bathroom. There's a sunken stone bath with shower. Cute blue & white plates are cemented into the walls.
In the corner is a little shelf with clay bottles of shampoo, conditioner, bath gel & body lotion. Not the usual crappy stuff you get in most hotels that drys your skin out, but lovely quality products that smell of frangipani. Through a third set of tiny wooden doors brings you into the kids room. The beds are smaller in length than regular singles, so would probably not suit children older than about 8. My son said it reminded him of a hobbit's home.
After checking out the room we walked through the lovely grounds and made our way towards the restaurant & pool area. The Isola Restaurant is beachfront and has a huge canopy of trees with a tiny white picket fence overlooking the ocean. Lots of lovely big day beds to chill out on with a cool drink.
The kids take a swim in the pool while I order a Bintang and relax on the sun lounge.
Then I move to the sun beds on the beach while the kids collect coral on the shoreline. The water is calm & warm. Big difference from the crashing waves at Seminyak.
We walk 2 doors up for lunch at the Bonsai Cafe.
I order a prawn salad & it was quite good, they were very generous with the prawns - I got 2!
After lunch the kids watched tv in a big covered pavilion on the huge daybeds. I lay back propped up by the cushions & checked out the Internet.
The free wifi is throughout the hotel, something which I hadn't experienced with our last 2 hotels, being only in the restaurant & pool area.
Late afternoon we receive a txt from my Husband, letting us know the plane will be 30 mins late. Kids are disappointed as they cant wait to see Dad, at least he should be here in time to have dinner with us. Another txt an hr later & he was boarding his plane in Kupang. Another hr later we receive a txt from him....."Back in Kupang. Plane hit a flock of birds & nearly crashed. I'm shit scared"
OMG it must of been terrifying. Apparently the pilot came out white as a sheet upon landing! I didn't tell the kids about the mishap, just told them the plane was yet again delayed.
So off we went to dinner without Dad. We dined at Cinnamon & it was just lovely. I had a really good Nasi Campur & a blue green coloured cocktail called a tsunami that had red bull in it - figured I needed something tom keep me awake!
It would be another 6 hrs before they boarded a new plane. Finally at 11.54pm I get a txt that they had just landed safe in Bali. I couldn't wait for him to arrive at the hotel and give him a big hug!
Needless to say we had trouble getting to sleep our first night in Sanur. I look forward to tomorrow when the kids can see their Dad and we are all together as a family again....
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Location:Hotel La Taverna
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